Shade-bracket.



No. 748,124. PATENTED DEC. 29, 1903. I

M. S. WEAVER.-

SHADE BRACKET.

APPLIOA'IIION FILED SEPT. 6. 1902. I

N0 MODEL.

UNIT D STATES iatented December 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

SHADE-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,124, dated December29, 1903. Application filed September 6, 1902. Serial No. 122,409. 7 (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARVIN SAMUEL WEAVER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Johnson City, in the county of Washington and Stateof Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Shade-Bracket, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates generally to curtainfixtures, and moreparticularly to certain improvements to the shade-roller and bracket,the object of said improvement being to prevent the pulling of thecurtain from the roller and also to prevent the releasing and unwindingof the spring within the roller by unwinding the curtain too far. Itfrequently happens that a curtain-shade is pulled away from the rollerby pulling down too hard upon the shade after it has been completelyunwound, and it also frequently happens that when the shade iscompletely unrolled the uncertainty of the stopping movement of theroller results in throwing the pawls out of engagement, and as a resultthe spring within the roller is released and unwound. These objections Iavoid .by means of my invention, which broadly consists in providing theroller with an outwardly-projecting spring-finger and in providing theroller-bracket with an inwardly-projecting stop-lug, against which thefinger strikes when the shade has been nearly but not completelyunrolled.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction andnovelties of combination and arrangement, all of which will be fullydescribed hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective view illustrating a portion of a shade-roller and shade andalso one of the roller-brackets. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing theshade unrolled from the roller and said roller stopped by means of aspring-finger engaging the stoplug of the roller-bracket. view of abracket, roller, and spring-finger. Fig. 4 is an end view of a rollerwith the shade thereon and showing the location of the spring-fingerwhen the curtain or shade is rolled upon the roller. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view showing the end of the roller to which thespring-finger is attached. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of theroller- Fig. 3 is atop plan bracket, and Fig. 7 shows another form ofsaid bracket.

In carrying out my invention I employ a shade-roller A, to which thecurtain or shade B is connected in the usual or any approved manner, andthis roller is provided with the usual spring-operating mechanism andalso has the usual construction of trunnions or pintles. One end of theroller is slightly reduced or cut away, as shown at A, and aspring-finger G is connected to the roller at the reduced portionthereof, said spring-finger being of course attached after the curtainor shade is connected to the roller. This spring is fast at its innerend to the curtainroller, but is free at its outer end, and this outerend projects a very slight distance beyond the end of the roller. Thisspring I give a slight curve, so that the normal tendency of said springis to throw the free end outwardly or away from the roller, as mostclearly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3.

D indicates the roller-bracket, having the usual opening D to receivethe trunnion or pintle of the roller, and adjacent to the free endofsaid bracket and projecting inwardly is a lug E, which lug may be andpreferably is integral with the bracket. This lug is so located and isof such a size that as the curtain or shade is rolled and unrolled itwill not interfere with the free movement of the shade and roller, andit will be understood that when the curtain or shade is passed aroundthe spring-finger C it will crowd the said finger inwardly against thereduced portion of the roller, and the said spring-finger will not iningpulled away from the roller and also preventing the releasing andunwinding of the spring within the roller. In case the rollerbracket ismade of sheet metal the stop-lug can be punched therefrom, and in casethe roller-bracket is made of cast metal'the stoplug can be castthereon.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a flanged construction of roller-bracket, whilein Fig. 7 'I have illustrated a flat or plate construction ofrollerbracket; but in each case it will be noted that the stop-111g isarranged in substantially the same location, and the operation will beidentical in each case.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination with a shade-roller, of a leaf-spring, said springbeing secured at one end to the roller and having its free endprojecting beyond the roller, and a roller-bracket ing its free endadapted to spring outward 20 away from the roller and engage the lug.

MARVIN SAMUEL WEAVER.

Witnesses:

ROY H. WHITESIDE, WALTER H. BOWMAN.

